Lianas of the Guianas

Lianas of the Guianas
Author: Bruce Hoffman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9789460222245

Lianas (woody vines) are iconic symbols of tropical forests around the world. These plants use the energetically expensive investment of trees in woody stems to gain relatively inexpensive access to the light-rich canopy. The evolution of a climbing habit has occurred in many unrelated plant groups using twining and clasping shoots or specialized structures such as tendrils, hooks, spines, adhesive roots, and internal stem anatomy. Lianas contribute significantly to tropical forest diversity (25-40% of species), carbon sequestration, biomass, plant-animal interactions and forest gap dynamics. Although they are often considered pests in commercial forestry, woody climbers are important to many traditional peoples as medicines, subsistence fibers and non-timber forest products. Largely due to their inaccessibility, lianas and other climbers remain among the most poorly documented lifeforms in the tropics. 0This book aims to facilitate learning and identification of woody climbers of the Guianas (Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname) for specialists and non-specialists by using an image-rich format, common and scientific names, simplified botanical terminology, and character icon guides, and by describing ecology and uses.

Ecology of Lianas

Ecology of Lianas
Author: Stefan Schnitzer
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 517
Release: 2014-10-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1118392485

Lianas are woody vines that were the focus of intense study by early ecologists, such as Darwin, who devoted an entire book to the natural history of climbing plants. Over the past quarter century, there has been a resurgence in the study of lianas, and liana are again recognized as important components of many forests, particularly in the tropics. The increasing amount of research on lianas has resulted in a fundamentally deeper understanding of liana ecology, evolution, and life-history, as well as the myriad roles lianas play in forest dynamics and functioning. This book provides insight into the ecology and evolution of lianas, their anatomy, physiology, and natural history, their global abundance and distribution, and their wide-ranging effects on the myriad organisms that inhabit tropical and temperate forests.

Natural History and Ecology of Suriname

Natural History and Ecology of Suriname
Author: Bart de Dijn
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9789460224386

Natural History and Ecology of Suriname offers a unique overview of the remarkable nature of this diverse and beautiful country. The book showcases more than 200 fascinating tropical plant and animal species, making it an indispensable guide for anyone wanting to explore Suriname's remarkable flora and fauna. It also provides an introduction to the country's history, geology, climate, ecosystems, and more. World Wildlife Fund Guianas is part of the international World Wildlife Fund network, which has been supporting conservation work in Suriname since the 1960s.

Seeds of Amazonian Plants

Seeds of Amazonian Plants
Author: Fernando Cornejo
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2010-07-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1400834481

Seeds of Amazonian Plants is the first field guide to treat the extraordinary diversity of seeds and diaspores of plants commonly encountered in the Amazon and other lowland moist forests of the American tropics. This stunningly illustrated guide features an easy-to-use whole-plant approach to seed identification that provides detailed descriptions not only of the seeds but also of the habit, trunk, bark, leaves, infructescence, and fruit of Amazonian plants, as well as information about the known uses and distribution of each genus. Presenting these descriptions together with 750 full-color photos and a unique identification key, this premier field guide enables users to identify seeds of 544 genera and 131 families of plants. The most comprehensive field guide to Amazonian seeds Features 750 full-color photos that make identification easy Covers 544 genera and 131 families of Amazonian plants Describes seeds, habit, trunk, bark, leaves, infructescence, and fruit Includes unique seed identification key Compact, portable, and beautifully illustrated--the ideal field guide

A Contribution to the Guianan Flora

A Contribution to the Guianan Flora
Author: Lynn J. Gillespie
Publisher:
Total Pages: 60
Release: 1997
Genre: Botany
ISBN:

Dalechampia, Haematostemon, Omphalea, Pera, Plukenetia, and Tragia (Euphorbiaceae, subfamily Acalyphoideae) are treated for the Guianas. Notes on Guianan Euphorbiaceae, subfamily Acalyphoideae, tribes Omphaleae, Pereae, and Plukenetieae, and ecological notes on each species are given. Also included is a key to the subfamilies of Euphorbiaceae and a key to the Guianan genera of subfamily Acalyphoideae.

Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons

Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons
Author: Klaus Kubitzki
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2013-11-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3662072572

Compiled and written for advanced students, this encyclopedia contains a comprehensive treatment of the taxonomy of the families and genera of ferns and seed plants. The present volume, the sixth in this series, deals with five groups of dicotyledons, the Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, and Ericales, comprising 48 families.

British Guiana

British Guiana
Author: British Guiana
Publisher: London : Printed at the Baynard Press by Sanders Phillips
Total Pages: 174
Release: 1924
Genre: Guyana
ISBN: